little people who don't get sick

Can a gene that causes dwarfism also confer major health benefits? Perhaps, according to a new study showing that a group of extremely short people in Ecuador get no diabetes, even though they are unusually obese.

via whyfiles.org

And as an interesting aside, the villagers are descendants of Conversos, hidden Jews who converted under duress during the Spanish Inquisition.

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